Fastener for papers.



J. G. HUB.

FASTENER FOR PAPERS.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 31, 1913.

1,1 31,700. Patented Mar. 16, 1915.

THE NORRIS PETERS CO4, FHOTC-LITHQ. WASHINGTUN, D C

JOHN C. HUB, OF LAKEWOOD, OHIO.

FASTENER FOR PAPERS.

Application filed May 31, 1913.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN C. HUB, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Lakewood, county of Cuyahoga, and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Fasteners for Papers, of which the following is a specification, the principle of the invention being herein eX- plained and the best mode in which I have contemplated applying that principle, so as to distinguish it from other inventions.

The subject of the present invention is apaper fastener adapted to improve upon that type of fastener which is in such common use and is generally known as the Mo- Gill fastener. 1n the McGill fastener, the head which is adapted to receive the looped end of the fastener proper is bulky and thick, and thus takes up a considerable amount of room in the paper file. Furthermore, it is often diflicult to attach the papers to the file, since when the prongs in the McGill fastener are bent parallel to receive the new paper, there is no means for maintaining the fastener in the file, and it will drop out. The fastener which I have designed takes up substantially no room, and is preferably attached to the backing upon which the letters are to be filed. An additional advantage is that the means of attaching the fastening strips to the backing do not need to be increased in size to correspond to the size of the strip, one size of fastening means being large enough for all sizes of metal strips.

To the accomplishment of these and related ends said invention, then, consists of the means hereinafter fully described and particularly pointed out in the claims.

The annexed drawing and the following description set forth in detail certain mechanism embodying the invention, such disclosed means constituting, however, but one of various mechanical forms in which the principle of the invention may be used.

Figure 1 is a plan view of the preferred form of my fastener; Fig. 2 is a similar view of the bottom side of my paper with the device in place; Fig. 3 is a transverse section on an increased scale on the line 3-3 in Fig. 1; Fig. 4: is a section on the line 4 4, Fig. 1, and Fig. 5 is a plan View of a modified form of construction.

Referring to Fig. 1 there will be seen the backing or cardboard 1 to which I attach Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 16, 1915.

Serial No. 770,887.

a base plate in the form of a thin strip of metal 2 which is permanently attached to the backing by means of two eyelets 3 and l. The particular form of the base plate is immaterial, and it will be noted that the number of eyelets is also unimportant, as either one or two may be used; Fig. 5 showing the device held in place by a single eye- The essential feature of the invention consists in the holding of a metal strip, which provides the fastening prongs, in a plate which is adapted to be attached to a suitable backing such as the cardboard here shown. Such attachment of the strip to the plate or backing must be such as to prevent any inconvenient thickening of the backing at this point and must be simple and secure.

A convenient and preferred construction of the plate provides for the formation of two slots or openings 5 and 6 in the body of the plate, such openings being preferably rectangular in form and disposed parallel to each other. Through these openings I pass a metal strip 8 which forms the two prongs 9 and 10 of the fastener, such strip being looped to pass through one of the slots, then across the back of the plate 8, and outwardly through the other slot. The prongs are thus held in the plate against the paper backing, and it is impossible for the prongs to slip out so long as the plate is attached to the cardboard.

The present fastener will be operated in the same way as the McGill fastener which is so commonly known that this operation need not be further described. The advantages of the present fastener over the Mo- Gill fastener are, there is no bulky head in the present fastener; the present fastener is permanently attached to the paper and lastly any size of prongs may be used without changing the size of the plate, which is a decided advantage, as in the McGill fastener an increase in the size of the prongs necessitates a much larger and bulkier head which takes up more room than the smaller heads in the file.

Other modes of applying the principle 'of my invention may be employed instead of the one explained, change being made as regards the mechanism herein explained, pro vided the means stated by any of the following claims or the equivalent of such stated means be employed.

I therefore particularly point out and distinctly claim as my invention 1. In a paper fastener, the combination of a suitable backing, a plate provided with spaced holes, eyelets permanently attaching said plate to said backing through such holes, said plate being provided With parallel slots between and in line With such holes and a metal strip passing throughsuoh two slots, thereby being held by said plate against said backing.

2. Ina paper fastener, the combinationof a suitable backing, a plate provided with two spaced holes, eyelets permanently attaching said plate to said backing through such holes, said plates being provided with tWo closely adjacent, parallel slots between, and in line With, such holes, and a metal strip passing through such two slots thereby being held by said plate against said backing; 1 i

S i gnedby me, this 29th day of May, 1913.

' i "i i JOHN G. HUB. Attested by- H. B. FAY, MA Y GLA WE Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by ad i i es sing the Commissioner of Patent! Washington, D. Q. l 

